The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. D. c.,
MAY 9. 1887.

the Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps
have been busy during the past few
days discharging official and So
cial duties to the Queen of the
Sandwich Islands. The remainder
of Washington society has divided
its time between the Jockey Club
races, the opera and the circus.
Each day there has been a full
programme for the entertainment
of the Hawaiian visitor, which af-
ter being fully carried out, found
royalty very much fatigued and
willing to rest. The Queen weighs
about two hundred pounds appar-
emily, and Washington weather is
warmer than hat which she has
recently felt, judging from the fact
that she arrived from Chicago in a
travelling garment of fur.
The events of her first day in
Washington began with a visit to
the President, at noon, accompa-
MED by her suite. All visitors had
been excluded from the White
House at ten o'clock, SO that only
a few correspondents were in the
corridor when the victoria, drawn
by white horses, drew up under the
portico. Mr.. Carter, the Hawaiian
Minister, in full official uniform of
white cloth, with a profusion of
gold braid, escorted the Queen
across the portico and corridors
Into the Blue Parlor, where the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, un-
attended, were waiting to receive
the suite.
The President advanced, and,
taking her hand, babe her welcome
Ito our country, presented Mrs.
Cleveland, a ID after the other mem
bers had been introduced by the
interpreter, general conversation
followed. Her majesty wore a
long trained dress of black satin,
deliberately trimmed with gold
braid, a black bonnet, and carried
a small fan of sea gulls' down with
a yellow centre. At the close OF
the visit, which did not occupy
more than fifteen minutes, the roy
al party returned to their apart
ments at the Arlington, where, an
hour and a half later, Mrs. Cleve.
land and the ladies of the Cabinet
returned the Queens call. Two
hours, [ believe, is the utmost limit
allowed by royal etiquette for re.
turning visits.
While at the White House Queen
Kapiolani looked very closely at
all of her surroundings, and OBJ
served each person present. She
has a grim cast of countenance,
and in complexion is clear brown.
similar to and about as dark as a
mulatto.
At the dinner given by the Ha-
waiian Minister in honor of his
Queen, the invitations were limited
to officials and to those who had
visited Honolulu, or whose names
were familiar to the VISITORS
Among those present we're Secre-
taries Bayard, Fairchild, Whitney
and Endicott, Postmaster General
Villas, General Sheridan, Admirals
Porter, Stevens, Temple and Am
men, Chief Justice Waite, General
Greeley and a few others, almost
all of whom were accompanied by
ladies.
When sightseeing at the Capt.
toll the Queen showed special in
terest in the Hall of. the House of
Representatives. This, she said,
was on account of the cordial re-
ception accorded to her husband
there by Speaker Blaine, when His
Majesty Kalakua visited this city
several years ago. But she says
the most delightful experience she
has had in America was at the
Deaf and Dumb College in this
city. She is greatly interested in
the work of educating deaf mutes,
and the President of Kendall Green,
knowing this, arranged an enter
tainment in her honor and invited
her. Expressing her delight with
the exercises, she made the remark
that she wished she could have en-
braced all of the pupils. To-day
she visited the tomb of Washing
ton with a distinguished party as
escort, and this evening she is din
ing at the White House.
Ex-Representative Barbour, of
Virginia, who is himself a man of
fine address and elegant manners,
was recently speaking of Presi-
dent Cleveland as a host, and was
enthusiastic in his praise. He
thinks he never knew a man occu-
plying a high official position more
easy of approach than Mr.. Cleve-
land. And, though he may not
possess as large an amount of mag
netism as his political rival in
Maine is reputed to have, the fac
ulty of putting his visitors at their
ease insures friendship from neal
ly all those who meet him. Mr..
Barbour said "from the time he
takes your hand in his friendly
grasp, you feel that he regards you
as his equal, socially, and after you
have been in his company five
minutes, if you do not feel thor
oughly at home, it is because you
cannot be made to feel so under
any circumstances" Juno.
Nebraska has furnished an illus
tration of the practical value of Ar
Dor day. In that State of great